Adderbury in the parish Church of St Mary the Virgin
The War Memorial
P APLIN
S BADBY J BAYLIS A BEASLEY W J BENNETT T A BLACKWELL C E BONNER W J BUTLER F E COTTRELL W J DORSETT W ELKERTON C FISHBOURNE J FLETCHER W GARDNER W GIBBONS 1914 - 1919 
W HOOPER
E C L HOSKYNS A H MILLER W P MOREBY F P NEWMAN MM P W B PARGETER W ROBERTS G ROBINS H SUMMERS W SUMMERS H L WALLIN W F WILTON C W WOODWARD C A WYATT 1914 - 1919 
IN HONOURED MEMORY OF
ALL THOSE WHO FOUGHT & FELL IN THE GREAT WAR ESPECIALLY THOSE OF THIS PARISH RECORDED ABOVE 
T H BAYLEY
D G BRENNAN E CHURN T COOK R R DAY W W DAY R P S DUNKLEY P HARTCUP A C KIRBY R D S RYMAN 1939 - 1945 
The illuminated Roll of Honour
ADDERBURY WITH MILTON
ROLL OF SERVICE To record for all Time The names of the men who went forth from this Parish To serve their King and their Country in the Great War 1914- 1919 1914 BADBY S Sgt + Oxford & Bucks L I BASON J Tpr 11th Hussars BAXTER W Pte Oxford & Bucks L I BAYLIS J + RN BENNETT J Pte RDC BENNETT W J Lc Cpl + Oxford & Bucks L I BLUNT C Capt Seaforth Highlanders BOSCOTT A Pte RDC BRITTAIN F Cpl Oxford & Bucks L I BROWN G Sgt MGC BUTLER L H Sgt MGCavalry CANNING H Sgt Oxford & Bucks L I CASTLE A Pte RAMC CASTLE E Pte Oxford & Bucks L I COBB T Pte Oxford & Bucks L I COOMBES ED Pte Oxford & Bucks L I COOMBES E Pte Oxford & Bucks L I COOMBES G Sgt Oxford & Bucks L I COOMBES T Pte RAMC DALE C Pte R Lancs R DANCE P Pte Oxford & Bucks L I DANCE S Cpl FA ELKERTON A Lc Cpl Oxford & Bucks L I FINCH G Cpl Oxford & Bucks L I FISHBOURNE C Lt-Col + Northumberland Fusiliers FORD F Cpl Oxford & Bucks L I FORD W Pte Hamps R FFRENCH N Rfm Rifle Brigade GARDNER W + RND GREGORY J Pte Oxford & Bucks L I HAYNES A Tpr RHG HIRONS F TPR Devon Yeomanry HITCHMAN M Pte Oxf & Bucks L I HONE W Dvr RE HORNE F Sgt MM MGC HORNE E Pte Winnipeg Rifles HOSKYNS E LT R W Fus JACKMAN J M Sgt Oxford & Bucks L I LARNER E Stoker RN LOCKE H Lc Cpl Oxford & Bucks L I LOVESEY C Spr RE LYNES C Pte Oxford & Bucks L I LYNES E F Lc Cpl Oxford & Bucks L I LYNES W Trooper QOOH MEIKLE R W Capt RAMC MERRY E Sgt MGC MILLER A Sgt + Oxford & Bucks L I MOREBY J Pte Natal Carb. MOREBY P Sgt + Oxford & Bucks L I MUSSARED O PO RN NEWMAN F Sgt MM + Oxford & Bucks L I Second column OWEN H Pte Oxford & Bucks L I PARKER J Dvr RFA PARROTT J Sgt DCM Russian Cross of SG MGC PAYNTON C Sgt 1st class Stoker RN PEARCE W Spr RE PLACKETT E Spr RE ROBERTS W Pte + Oxford & Bucks L I SLANEY R Pte Oxford & Bucks L I TRINDER T Pte Oxford & Bucks L I WAIN J Sgt Gren Guards WALLIN B Cpl Oxford & Bucks L I WAYTE J P Lt MC Oxford & Bucks L I WELCH F Pte Oxford & Bucks L I WELCH W Pte RAMC WEST H RFR WILTON F Sgt + R W Fus WOODFIELD E Pte Oxford & Bucks L I 1915 ANDREWS N M2 RASC AUSTIN J Pte Oxford & Bucks L I BASON G Pte R Mun Fus BIRTLES H Pte OBLI Bucks Batt BLACKWELL H Spr RE BLACKWELL T Pte + Oxford & Bucks L I BONNER C Pte + Oxford & Bucks L I BORTON A Cpl Rifle Brigade BROWN W Pte Oxford & Bucks L I BRYANT C Sgt Leics Regt BUTLER P C Pte R Berks R CHURN W Pte RASC COTTON W RASC COTTRELL F Pte + RASC DALE R Pte Oxford & Bucks L I DANCE E Tpr QOOH DAVIS A Lc Cpl Oxford & Bucks L I DRANE E Pte RASC FALKNER W Cpl Glouc Regt FINCH E Pte RAMC GAMAGE G Pte Canadian Regt GANDER C Pte Brig Dvr QOOH GARDNER F Pte Oxford & Bucks L I GIBBONS W Pte + Oxf & Bucks L I GREGORY F Pte MGC GREGORY L Pte Hamps Regt HAYNES C Tp Dragoon Guards HAWKINS G Spr RE HAYWARD E Pte Oxford & Bucks L I HITCHMAN C Pte RASC HONE H Lt RE HORNE A AB RN KEYTE E Sgt MM Canadian R Third column KEYTE C Pte HAC LOCKE J Cpl Oxford & Bucks L I MAWLE S Pte Royal Fusiliers MOREBY T Pte RASC NEWMAN C Spr MM RE PARGETER P Tpr + QOOH PAYNTON G Stoker RN PINCHIN E Cpl QOOH QUARTERMAN R Pte Oxford & Bucks L I SPRAGGETT D Lc Cpl RASC SUMMERS W Pte + R War R WALLIN L H Sgt QOOH WELCH A Pte Oxford & Bucks L I WEST J Lc Cpl Hamps Regt WYATT C Pte + Oxford & Bucks L I WYATT W Pte Oxford & Bucks L I 1916 ADKINS C R 1st cl Stoker RN APLING P Pte + Oxford & Bucks L I BADBY J Pte Labour Corps BASON C Lc Cpl Worcs Regt BEASLEY R Cpl M RAF BEASLEY F Gnr RGA BEASLEY A A B + RND BILLING F Gnr RFA BLACKWELL F Spr RE BOSCOTT A Pte RASC BRAY H OS 1 RN BRAY H AMI RNAS BROWN A Pte Oxford & Bucks L I BROWN C Lc Cpl Oxford & Bucks L I BRYANT H TRP 1st Life Guards BUTLER W J Pte + R W Surrey R COLEMAN C LA RAF COLLINS A Pte Glouc Regt DALE H Pte R W Surrey R DALE H E Pte R War R DALE W H Pte MGC DORSETT W Pte + Oxford & Bucks L I FINCH A Pte London Regt FLETCHER J Pte + Worc Regt FORD C Pte Oxford & Bucks L I FORD H Pte Midd’x Regt FORD R Pte Oxford & Bucks L I HONE J Sgt Oxford & Bucks L I HONE W Pte Midd’x Regt HOOPER W GNR + RGA HUMPHRIS G AM1 RAF KEYTE Ed Pte RASC LETHERBARROW P Spr RE LYNES J Pte R Berks R Fourth Column PAYNTON G Pte Oxford & Bucks L I PAYNTON T Pte R Berks Regt PAYNTON W AB RN PEARSE G Spr RE PLACKETT A Pte Serb RASC POLLARD H Rfm KRRC ROBINS H Dvr MGC ROBINS G Pte + Gloucs Regt SHIRLEY F Gnr RGA SLANEY C Pte Oxford & Bucks L I STILGOE H Pte Oxford & Bucks L I STOCKFORD A Pte R War Regt STREVENS H RN SUMMERS H Pte + Oxford & Bucks L I TRINDER S Pte R Berks Regt WAIN H Pte R Berks Regt WALLIN L Pte + 1st Border Regt WALTON C Rfm KRRC WELCH J Lc Cpl Manch Regt WOODFIELD A Pte Devon Regt WOODWARD C Pte + Oxford & Bucks L I YATES J Spr RE 1917 ADKINS J Pte R Berks Regt BLOXHAM H Lc Cpl L’pool Regt ELKERTON W Pte + Glouc Regt FALKNER J RE HEATH T Pte RASC ILOTT T OS RN JOHNSON H A Devon Regt MERRY J Pte Devon Regt OTTAWAY A Pte RASC PARGETTER R Lc Cpl + R Berks Regt PARKER P Pte RMLI SUMMERS H Pte Labour Corps TIMMS H Lc Cpl Labour Corps TIMMS J Pte Somerset LI WALLIN O AM RNAS 1918 BENNETT G Gnr RGA BENNETT M Pte Devon Regt BROWN J Gnr RFA CASTLE E Pte RAF FORD C Pte R Staff Regt JACKMAN C Pte Gren Gds LOCKE G Pte R War Regt NEWMAN A Sgt R War Regt PARROTT J Pte RAF ROBINS R Pte MGC SLADE E Pte RAF WALTON H Pte MGC 
Cecil Kirby WW2
James Fletcher WW1
Frank Newman WW1
Albert Miller WW1
Plaque to Edwyn Cecil Leigh Hoskyns
OF YOUR CHARITY REMEMBER BEFORE GOD EDWYN CECIL LEIGH HOSKYNS LIEUT ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS KILLED IN BATTLE NEAR YPRES SERVING WITH HIS REGIMENT IN THE SEVENTH DIVISION ON OCTOBER 20TH 1914 AGED 24 YEARS ONLY SON OF SIR LEIGH HOSKYNS BART AND FRANCIS HIS WIFE OF COTEFIELD IN THIS PARISH DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI |
The Fallen from WW1
Percy APLING Private, 5th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 42 Brigade, 14th Division. Army no. 22897 He was killed in action during the Battle of St Quentin, in the Somme, on 23 March 1918. He was 41. He was the son of William H and Louisa S Apling He is remembered on panel 50 and 51 of the Pozières Memorial Samuel James BADBY Sergeant, 1st Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 17 Brigade, 6th (Poona) Division. Army no. 6011 He was killed in action on 22 November 1915 in the Mesopotamia Campaign against the Turkish Army. He was 38. He is remembered on panel 26 and 63 of the Basra Memorial John William BAYLIS Cook's Mate, HMS Natal, Royal Navy. RN M/5917 He was killed on 30 December 1915. He was 20 He was the son of Alfred and Eleanor Baylis He is remembered on panel 12 of the Chatham Naval Memorial Additional information On 30 December 1915, HMS Natal, was lying in Cromarty Firth. Shortly after 15.20 hours violent explosions tore through the ship. She capsized within minutes. The exact number of casualties is still debated and ranges up to 421. Some were killed in the immediate explosions, others drowned as the ship capsized, others succumbed to the freezing water. The most probable explanation of this tragic loss of life was that a fire had broken out that had ignited a magazine. There was a huge speculation about the loss but underwater inspection revealed massive damage from an internal explosion. Sabotage by German agents was suspected but never proved. Aubrey BEASLEY Private/(Able Seaman), 1st Royal Marine (Anson) Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry, 188 Brigade, 63rd (Royal Naval Division). RM no. R/137 He was killed in action on 6 November 1917. He was 24 He was the husband of Edith M Beasley, Charlton He is buried in grave B 126 Poelcapelle British Cemetery Further information His records reveal: Army Reserve 11 December 1915; Entered 28 August 1916; Draft for BEF 6 March 1917; joined Anson Battalion; 24 March, 9 May 1917 he suffered from Pyrexia (fever). He re-joined Anson Battalion on 30 September 1917 and was killed on 6 November 1917. In civilian life he was a Grocer's Manager born in Adderbury and his name appears on the Roll of Honour, Newbottle and the War Memorial, Charlton James William BENNETT Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5 Brigade, 2nd Division. Army no. 9398 He was killed in action during the Battle for the Ancre in the Somme on 13 November 1916. He was 23. He was the son of Harry and Mary Ann Bennett of Adderbury East He is buried in grave E 29 Waggon Road Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel Thomas Austin BLACKWELL Private, 6th (Service) Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 60 Brigade, 20th Division. Army no. 23643 He died of the wounds he received during the fighting at the Menin Road Ridge during the Battle of Ypres on 25 September 1917. He was 29. He was the son of George and Sarah Blackwell, Chapel Lane, Adderbury East He is buried in grave VIII F 14 Dozinghem Military Cemetery Edwin Cyril BONNER Private, 1st/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 145 Brigade, 48th Division. Army no. 4297 He was killed in action on 14 August 1916 during the Battle of Pozières Ridge in the Somme. He was 20 He was the son of Edwin and Flora Bonner, High Street, Adderbury He is remembered on pier & face 10A & 10D of the Thiepval Memorial William James BUTLER Private, 3rd/4th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) attached to 9th, 4th and 12th Divisions. Army no. T/202301 He was killed in action during the Battle of Passchendaele on 4 October 1917. He was 21 He was the son of James H and Susan Butler, High Street, Adderbury He is remembered on panel 14-17 and 162-162A of the Tyne Cot Memorial Frank Edward COTTRELL Private, 622nd Motor Transport Company, Army Service Corps. Army no. M2/150060 He died from natural causes on 9 September 1916 He was the son of Albert R and Sarah A Cottrell. He was 31 He is buried in grave 3 B 15 Dar es Salaam War Cemetery William James DORSETT Private, 5th (Service) Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 42 Brigade, 14th Division. Army no. 235064. He was formerly with the Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars. He was killed in action in the aftermath of the first Battle of Passchendaele on 16 October 1917. He was 27 He was the son of James and Charlotte Dorsett of Adderbury West He is remembered on panel 96 to 98 of the Tyne Cot Memorial William Henry ELKERTON Private, 1st/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 145 Brigade, 48th Division. Army no. 203045 He was killed in action near Ypres on 5 August 1917. He was 25. He was the son of John and Sarah Elkerton of Adderbury West. He is remembered on panel 37 and 39 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Charles Edward FISHBOURNE Lieutenant Colonel, 1st Battalion commanding 8th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, 148 Brigade, 49th Division. He died of his wounds on 6 October 1916 received near Thiepval in the Battle of the Somme. He was 47 He was the son of Joseph and Mrs Fishbourne of Ashfield Hall, Co. Carlow and the husband of Elizabeth L Fishbourne of Edenbridge, Kent. He is buried in grave Officers, A 12 3 St Sever Cemetery, Rouen Additional Information He attended Oakham School 1879-1886 and then Trinity College, Dublin. He served in South Africa during the Second Boer War and was involved in the Battles of Belmont and Omdurman where he was wounded. In 1914, he was a Major and commanding the Northumberland Fusiliers depot in Newcastle according to the Oakham School Magazine and it is recorded that the 1st Battalion had landed at Le Havre on 14 August 1914. James William FLETCHER Private, 1st (Reserve) Garrison Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment, based at Portsmouth. Army no. 28594 He died on 14 April 1916. He was 22 He was the son of the late Charles and of Laura L Fletcher, White Lane, Adderbury He is buried in the Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin, Adderbury Additional information Jim W Fletcher was killed on 14 April 1916 at Southsea when he fell from the shafts of a wagon and was killed instantly. His brother Jack, sister Hannah and the undertaker went to Portsmouth on 16 April and brought his body to Adderbury where he was buried on the 20 April There is also a plaque in his memory in Adderbury Methodist Chapel. William Henry GARDINER Leading Seaman, Hood Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Royal Naval Division. RN no. Ch/SS/105233 (RFR/B/8707) He was recorded as missing, later reported as being killed in action on 6 May 1915. He was 29 He was the son of Polly Gray formerly Gardiner and the stepson of George Gray. He is remembered on MR4 of the Helles Memorial William GIBBONS Private, 2nd/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 184 Brigade, 61st Division. Army no. 202370 He was killed in action during the fighting for the Ancre on 28 February 1917 He is remembered on pier and face 10A and 10D of the Thiepval Memorial William James HOOPER Gunner, 277th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Army no. 121330 He was killed in action on 24 March 1918 during the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line He is buried in grave XII E 9, Grevillers British Cemetery Edwin Cecil Leigh HOSKYNS Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 22 Brigade, 7th Division He was killed in action sometime on 20/21 October 1914 during the Battle of Langemarck halting the German rush to capture the Channel ports. He was 24. He was the son of Leigh and Frances Hoskyns He is remembered on panel 22 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Albert Harry MILLER Lance Sergeant, 4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Army no. 200558 He died in England from natural causes on 21 September 1918. He was 24 He was the son of Thomas and Ann Miller, Aynho Road, Adderbury He is buried in the Churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, Adderbury. Walter Percy MOREBY Sergeant, 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5 Brigade, 2nd Division. Army no. 9505 He was killed in action on during the Battle for Delville Wood, Somme on 30 July 1916. He was 23. He was the son of the late Richard and of Mary Ann Moreby of Adderbury East He is remembered on pier and face 10A & 10D of the Thiepval Memorial Frank Percival NEWMAN MM, MiD Sergeant, C Company, 1st/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 145 Brigade, 48th Division. Army no. 200559 He died of his wounds on 25 August 1917. It is a possibility that he was wounded during the Battle of Ypres. He was 22 He was the son of Samuel and Agnes Newman of Adderbury. He is buried in the Churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, Adderbury Percy Wallace B PARGETER Private, 6th (Service) Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 60 Brigade, 20th Division. Army no. 32846 He was killed in action on during the Battle of Transloy Ridges, the Somme on 7 October 1916. He was 20 He was the son of Harry and Sarah L Pargeter, Mill House, Adderbury He is remembered on pier and face 10A and 10D of the Thiepval Memorial Ronald Leonard PARGETER Private, 2nd Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment) 25 Brigade, 8th Division. Army no. 42384 He was killed in action in the Somme on 27 April 1918. He was 19 He was the son of Harry and Sarah L Pargeter, Mill House, Adderbury He is remembered on Panel 56 and 57 of the Pozières Memorial William Frederick ROBERTS Private, 1st Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 17 Brigade, 6th (Poona) Division. Army no. 9394 He died from natural causes in India on 30 June 1915. He was 22 He was the son of Emily Lynes formerly Roberts, 98 Causeway, Grimsbury He is remembered on face D of the Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial Edward George ROBINS Private, 1st/6th Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment, 144 Brigade, 48th Division. Army no. 267404 He died from his wounds on 9 September 1917. His regiment had been fighting at Ypres. He was 23 and born in Twyford He was the son of Frank and Rose Robins He is remembered on panel 72 to 75 of the Tyne Cot Memorial Harry SUMMERS Private, 1st/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 145 Brigade, 48th Division. Army no. 202256 He was killed in action on 26 March 1917 as the Germans retreated to the Hindenburg Line. He was 29 He was the son of Caroline Summers, 6 Council House, Tadmarton and of the late Frederick and brother of Walter, the next entry He is buried in grave II F 24 Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension Walter SUMMERS Poss Private, 2nd/7th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 182 Brigade, 61st Division. Army no. 306402 He was killed in action on 24 March 1918 when the Allies were crossing the Somme. He was 24 He was the son of Caroline Summers, 6 Council House, Tadmarton and of the late Frederick He is remembered on panel 18 and 19 of the Pozières Memorial Harry Laurence WALLIN Private, 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment, 87 Brigade, 29th Division. Army no. 33800. He was formerly with the Royal Field Artillery. Army no. 178364 He was killed in action on 19 May 1917 in the fighting in the Somme. He was 23. He was the son of John H and Elizabeth S Wallin of Adderbury He is remembered on bay 6 of the Arras Memorial William Frank WILTON Sergeant, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 15 Brigade, 2nd Division. Army no. 4602 He died from natural causes on 26 December 1916. He was 39 He was the son of Charles and Sarah Wilton and the husband of Jane Wilton of Adderbury He is buried in grave I B 23 Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt Charles Henry WOODWARD Private, 6th (Service) Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 60 Brigade, 20th Division. Army no. 33452 He was killed in action on 5 June 1917 fighting on the Hindenburg Line. He was 22 He was the son of James and Priscilla Woodward of Milton He is buried in grave H 6 Noreuil Australian Cemetery Caleb Arthur WYATT Private, 2nd/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 184 Brigade, 61st Division. Army no. 5325 He was killed in action on 29 June 1916 in the preliminary stages of the attack on Fromelles. He was 26 He was the son of Samuel and Mary J Wyatt of Adderbury West He is buried in grave II B 9 Laventie Military Cemetery, La Gorgue The Fallen in WW2 Trevor Hughes BAYLEY Sub-Lieutenant, HMS Martin, Royal Navy He died on 10 November 1942. He was 21 He was the son of Thomas Henry and Frederica Elizabeth Bayley of Banbury He is remembered on panel 51 1 of the Chatham Naval Memorial Additional information He was serving on HMS Martin, an M Class Destroyer built by Vickers Armstrong and commissioned 4 April 1942. She was lost on 10 November 1942 when she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U431 northeast of Algiers. 161 officers and men went down with the ship. There 63 survivors. Denis Cecil BRENNAN Sergeant (Wireless Operator, Air), 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no. 1604226 He was killed in action on 7 July 1944. He was 19 He was the son of John and Violet A Brennan of Adderbury West. He is buried in Coll. grave 8 A 1-7 Klagenfurt War Cemetery Additional information 40 Squadron was based in Italy where it was able to add the Balkans and Northern Italy to its targets. On 6/7 July 1944 it attacked the German fighter base at Fels am Wagram in Lower Austria. 47 bombers (Lancaster, Wellington and Halifax) attacked the base. No less than 13 of the bombers were downed by German night fighters. Klagenfurt War Cemetery is the only War Cemetery in Austria and many British Prisoners of War are also buried there. Edward CHURN Guardsman, 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Army no. 2659959 He died on 23 September 1943. He was 28 He was the son of Harry and Jane Churn of Adderbury He is buried in grave III A 43 Salerno War Cemetery Additional information The invasion of Italy. The 3rd Battalion landed at Salerno as part of the 201st Guards Brigade, and on 10 September it was involved in heavy and confused fighting which lasted four days, until it was established in the line of a canal four miles inland. The circumstances of his death have not been established Tom COOK Flight Sergeant, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no. 944083 He died on 30 May 1942. He was 22 and a native of Adderbury He was the son of William Henry and Blanche Evelyn Cook of Avon Dassett He is remembered on panel 73 of the Runnymede Memorial Additional information Tom Cook was based at Upper Heyford but they were flying from the relief airfield, RAF Barford St John, whilst new runways were prepared at Upper Heyford. Warrant Officer Ernest Smith, flying a Wellington from 16 Operational Training Unit at Upper Heyford, got into a spin in cumulo-nimbus cloud ten miles east of Southwold. At 2,000 feet he ordered his crew to bale out. They were still over the sea, but three of them jumped. They had been within sight of the coast as they parachuted down but the most intensive search failed to find them. Raymond Ronald DAY Private, 2nd Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment. Army no. 5184270 He died on 14 March 1945. He was 24 He was the son of William H and Laura L Day and the brother of William, the next entry He is buried in grave 11 C 3 of the 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Berlin Additional information He died of Dysentery whilst he was being held as a PoW by the Germans. It is not clear precisely when he was captured but it was probably at a village called Cassel between 26-29 May 1940 The information does not include where he died but he was PoW number 10804 and was held in Stalag XX-A in Torun, Poland William Walter DAY Driver, Petrol Company, Royal Army Service Corps, 4th Division. Army no. T/66540 He died on 27 May 1940. He was 21 He was the son of William H and Laura L Day and brother of Raymond He is remembered on column 135 of the Dunkirk Memorial Additional information The evacuation by sea from Dunkirk took place from 27 May to 4 June 1940. His brother’s Regiment, The Glosters played a key role. The 2nd Battalion went to the hilltop town of Cassel and the 5th Battalion to the small village of Ledringhem. Here they were told to hold these villages to the ‘last man, last round’. The advancing German Army were delayed which enabled over 330,000 men of the British Expeditionary Force to escape Robert Frederick Stanley DUNKLEY Sergeant (Air Gunner), 166 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no. 1625326 He died on 5 May 1943. He was 33 He was the son of Robert and Winifred Ann Dunkley and the husband of Elizabeth Dunkley of Cambridge. He is buried in grave Coll. grave 6 G 13-19 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Berlin Additional information 166 Squadron was based at RAF Kirmington, Lincolnshire and was a bomber squadron flying Wellingtons. On 5 May 1943, 596 aircraft - 255 Lancasters, 141 Halifaxes, 110 Wellingtons, 80 Stirlings, 10 Mosquitos - on the largest 'non-1,000' raid of the war to date and the first major attack on Dortmund. 31 aircraft were lost - 12 Halifaxes, 7 Stirlings, 6 Lancasters, 6 Wellingtons, over 5% of the force. A further 7 aircraft crashed in bad weather at their bases. Peter James HARTCUP Sub-Lieutenant, HMS Mohawk, Royal Navy He was killed in action on 16 April 1941. He was 22 He was the son of Captain John and Violet Hartcup of Adderbury He is remembered on panel 45, column 2 of the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Additional information HMS Mohawk was a Tribal Class Destroyer Built by Thornycroft and commissioned on 7 September 1938. She was lost on 16 April 1941 On 10/11 April 1941, she and HMS Jervis, HMS Janus and HMS Nubian arrived at Malta. On two night patrols nothing was sighted, however, on 15 April, Allied reconnaissance located a Tripoli bound convoy off Cape Bon and a battle ensued. During the action, Mohawk evaded a bow ramming by a German merchantman. Just as the destroyer opened fire, she was hit on the starboard side by a torpedo from the Italian destroyer Tarigo. The whole of the stern from the superstructure aft was blown away and Mohawk was awash as far as 'X mounting. The crew of 'Y' gun and the supply party were all killed. 'A' and 'B' guns continued firing on the merchantman and set her on fire despite being motionless in the water. Just as the destroyer made an attempt to get under way, a second torpedo arrived hitting portside. No. 3 boiler burst, scalding people on deck. The centreline of the upper deck opened, allowing the torpedo tubes to fall into the engine room and crushing the watch below. Immediately HMS Mohawk started to sink. All remaining hands were called to deck. Within a minute, she was listing heavy to port, rolling over until she lay on her side. Six 'Carleys' managed to float clear but most of the crew were left in the water as Mohawk sank. Her stern touched bottom with her fo'c'sle above the surface. Survivors were picked up by HMS Nubian. 41 of the crew were killed. Arthur Gerald KIRBY Fusilier, 8th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Army no. 14645228 He died on 16 February 1944 in the 2nd Battle for Monte Cassino. He was 20 He was the son of Frederick J S and Elizabeth E Kirby of Twyford Wharf and the brother of Cecil He is remembered on panel 5 of the Cassino Memorial Cecil Ernest KIRBY Trooper, 49th (West Riding) Reconnaissance Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps. Army no. 2618216 He died on 23 November 1944. He was 24 He was the son of Frederick J S and Elizabeth E Kirby of Twyford Wharf He is buried in grave 4, Row 2 Maasbree Roman Catholic Cemetery, Holland Additional information His unit had landed in Normandy in June and fought its way north through Belgium to Holland. It was the first unit to enter Amsterdam Banbury Guardian Thursday December 21 1944. Death of C. E. Kirby We regret to announce that Mr and Mrs F Kirby of Twyford Wharf have received notification that their son Trooper Cecil Ernest Kirby was killed in action in November. He was very well known and liked in Adderbury where he was once a member of the Parish Church. He had five brothers with the forces. The youngest Private Arthur Gerald Kirby of the Fusiliers has been missing since February last. Three other brothers are still serving with the forces and the fifth has been discharged. Richard David Sutton RYMAN Petty Officer Stoker, HMS Hunter, Royal Navy. RN no. D/K 60390 He was killed on 10 April 1940. He was 39 He was the son of Philip and Annie Ryman and the husband of Lily Ryman, Adderbury He is remembered on panel 40, column 2 of the Plymouth Naval Memorial Additional information HMS Hunter was part of the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla in 1st Battle of Narvik. She, with HMS Hardy, HMS Havock, HMS Hostile and HMS Hotspur carried out a successful attack on German destroyers. Two of these German destroyers, Anton Schmitt and Wilhelm Heidkamp were sunk as well as several merchant ships. On withdrawing to sea the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla met further German destroyers and in a brief action HMS Hardy was badly hit from gunfire from the destroyer Georg Thiele. Out of control, she drove ashore on the southern side of the fjord. HMS Hunter was also badly damaged by the German destroyers and a collision with HMS Hotspur did the rest. The ship sank in the centre of the fjord in position 68º20'N, 17º04'E with heavy loss of life. The BBC reported on 5 March 2008: Sunken WWII ship found in fjord The wreck of a Royal Navy destroyer has been found in a Norwegian fjord, 68 years after she sank during battle. HMS Hunter has remained undisturbed since April 1940 when she sank, killing 110 people during the Battle of Narvik. It was found 305m (1,000ft) under water by a Norwegian mine control vessel on a multinational training exercise. The site will be marked as a war grave on Saturday. Major General Garry Robison said finding HMS Hunter had been a "poignant moment". HMS Hunter was one of two Allied destroyers lost during the first Battle of Narvik - the Germans lost four destroyers. The Fallen in WW1 who are not on the War Memorial Walter Cave FINCH Bombardier, 128th (Oxford) Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Army no. 291512 He was killed in action 20 September 1918. He was 43 He was the son of James and Harriet Finch of Adderbury and the husband of Elizabeth M Finch, 11 Poplar Road, Botley, Oxford. He is buried in grave II B 3 Jeancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Rayleth Nayamon (Ray) HAWKINS Private, 99th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Army no. 66560 He died on 19 February 1916. He was 24 He was the son of William G and Hannah E Hawkins, 5 Station Road, Stechford, Birmingham. He was born in Adderbury He is buried in grave A 17 27 St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen John Ernest MUNDY Private, 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5 Brigade, 2nd Division. Army no. 18758 He was killed in action on the Somme on 3 June 1917. He was 22 His parents were Albert T J & Caroline Mundy of the Paper Mills, Adderbury He is buried in grave III K 24 Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arlux en Gohelle James Henry WALTON Private,1st/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 145 Brigade, 48th Division. Army no. 200188. He was killed in action on 13 August 1916 during the Battle of Pozières Ridge on the Somme. He was 37. He was the husband of Catherine Walton of Banbury He is buried in grave 10 D 8 London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval. Joseph Arthur WELCH Corporal, The Manchester Regiment. Army no. 43091. He died on 31 July 1919, either from his wounds or from natural causes. His burial in Adderbury indicates that he died within the UK. He was 23. He was the son of Joseph and Ellen Welch of Adderbury He is buried in the Churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, Adderbury. |